Bug Therapy

Oct 24, 2021

0h 9m

★ 10.0

It's okay to not be okay!

Overview

Citronella, a mosquito who faints at the sight of blood, nervously waits outside her first group therapy session, while the Pill Bug therapist, Dr. Pill tries to calm a neurotic group of bugs, each suffering from a mental-health issue: An OCD germaphobic Fly freaks when he runs out of hand sanitizer. A Dragonfly couple struggle with co-dependency; she's literally on top of him. A Grasshopper, addicted to coffee, is so jumpy, he launches himself in mid-sentence. A Praying Mantis who doesn't pray because she thinks she is God. A terrified Spider is deathly afraid of -- spiders. And, a perfectly-camouflaged Stick Bug complains that no one ever "sees" him. Throughout all this, Citronella battles her urge to flee - while Dr. Pill implores her to share her "embarrassing" problem.

Genres

Animation

Production Companies

Citronella Stories, LLC

Bug Therapy Trailers

Cast

Citronella (voice)

Meghan Trainor

Dr. Pill (voice)

Phil McGraw

Stick Bug (voice)

Sterling K. Brown

Fly (voice)

Jay Leno

Grasshopper (voice)

Tom Green

Praying Mantis (voice)

Emily Goglia

Spider (voice)

Jason Reisig

Dragonfly (voice)

Michael Jann

Dragonfly (voice)

Michele Jourdan

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